Lead Ranger

This role takes the lead in looking after Osterley’s parkland for the enjoyment of nearly 500,000 local visitors each year. The job includes leading land management of the wider estate and ensuring people can access the site safely and with ease to enjoy their local green space.

You will inspire your team of two Rangers and many volunteers. You’ll collaborate with the wider property teams, key stakeholders and National Trust and external specialists and contractors. Together you will ensure excellent, sustainable care and conservation is delivered across all the property.

**Salary**: Offering a competitive salary of £34,340 pa. The advertised salary includes the Outer London Weighting allowance of £2,828 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours a week. Weekend work is expected on a rota basis.

Contract: Permanent

What it's like to work here:Osterley is an important site for recreation and wildlife. We have large areas of amenity grassland and a network of multi-use paths for visitors. The park is home to six species of bats, rare invertebrates, amphibians, birds and small mammals. There are two lakes, three meadows under mid-tier stewardship and a fantastic collection of specimen and veteran trees.

You’ll work with our tenant farmer who has a herd of Charolaise cattle which are used to graze the woodland pasture in the Great Meadow.

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What you'll be doing:You’ll report to the General Manager and be part of the Property Leadership Team. You’ll develop and coordinate varied cyclical and responsive tasks, commission specialist contractors and contribute to a programme of conservation and engagement projects. This role will involve a mixture of office based working on planning and compliance and also being out on the estate managing the land for the benefit of nature, the environment and our many visitors.

You’ll put conservation at the heart of everything you do. You’ll be planning and delivering a programme of work to deliver our nature conservation ambitions, support and develop recreation and access across the property. You’ll always consider how to reduce our human footprint on the environment.

You’ll be responsible for managing the budgets and for protecting and enhancing the Trust’s assets and reputation.

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what is possible in this role.
- Who we're looking forAn experienced people manager with the ability to lead a team to deliver effectively
- An excellent communicator with experience in stakeholder management
- Experienced in project management
- Experienced in relevant land, conservation and access management
- Customer aware and takes pride in delivering excellent customer service
- Organised and self-motivated, confidently able to manage a demanding workload with competing demands on your time
- Confident managing budgets, finances and contracts
- Knowledgeable in health and safety requirements and other compliance issues relating to the countryside and visitor activities

The packageThe National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Free parking at most locations
- Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Requirements :Compliance.Eligibility to Work in the UK